FROM SENSOR TO STREET – INTELLIGENT VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS
Primary Faculty Mentor’s Name
Valentin Soloiu
Proposal Track
Student
Session Format
Paper Presentation
Abstract
The future of automotive engineering lies in intelligent vehicles. The combined effects of multiple intelligent sub-systems will provide drivers with essential feedback to increase driving safety and reduce fuel wasted in unnecessary acceleration and inefficient traffic routing. Discrete intelligent sub-systems have been increasingly incorporated into consumer vehicles for decades, and continue to evolve. The revolutionary next step in development is fully integrating intelligent capabilities into a total vehicle control system. This may be accomplished through a multilevel control architecture, starting with sensor fusion. Fused sensors, such as LIDAR and RADAR, will provide their inputs to a single virtual model from which a control computer may plot an optimum trajectory. Fully informed of the environment immediately surrounding the vehicle, a trajectory following the road and traffic controls will be plotted. As the vehicle follows this path, its sensors continually update the virtual model and provide obstacle avoidance and updated guidance information. Finally, a reverse kinematic approach, applied to a fully electric drivetrain, will enable the vehicle to respond to its driving environment, and compensate for unknown conditions. If an emergency maneuver becomes necessary, the optimal combination of brake and steering application will be computed to prevent loss of control.
Keywords
Autonomous, Vehicle, Sensors, Lidar, Radar, Ultrasonic, Drive-by-Wire
Award Consideration
1
Location
Room 2911
Presentation Year
2015
Start Date
11-7-2015 1:00 PM
End Date
11-7-2015 2:00 PM
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Coles, Zachariah A.; Beyerl, Thomas; Augusma, Imani; and Soloiu, Valentin, "FROM SENSOR TO STREET – INTELLIGENT VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS" (2015). Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (2014-2015). 46.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gurc/2015/2015/46
FROM SENSOR TO STREET – INTELLIGENT VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS
Room 2911
The future of automotive engineering lies in intelligent vehicles. The combined effects of multiple intelligent sub-systems will provide drivers with essential feedback to increase driving safety and reduce fuel wasted in unnecessary acceleration and inefficient traffic routing. Discrete intelligent sub-systems have been increasingly incorporated into consumer vehicles for decades, and continue to evolve. The revolutionary next step in development is fully integrating intelligent capabilities into a total vehicle control system. This may be accomplished through a multilevel control architecture, starting with sensor fusion. Fused sensors, such as LIDAR and RADAR, will provide their inputs to a single virtual model from which a control computer may plot an optimum trajectory. Fully informed of the environment immediately surrounding the vehicle, a trajectory following the road and traffic controls will be plotted. As the vehicle follows this path, its sensors continually update the virtual model and provide obstacle avoidance and updated guidance information. Finally, a reverse kinematic approach, applied to a fully electric drivetrain, will enable the vehicle to respond to its driving environment, and compensate for unknown conditions. If an emergency maneuver becomes necessary, the optimal combination of brake and steering application will be computed to prevent loss of control.